Star Trek events: Thursday, July 22nd - Wednesday, July 28th, 2021

"LeVar Burton" by Gage Skidmore is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

William Shatner birthday event at the Star Trek Tour - Friday, July 23rd - Sunday, July 25th

First up, William Shatner is set to belatedly celebrate his 90th birthday this weekend at The Official Star Trek Tour in Ticonderoga, New York. It’ll be a weekend full of tours, photo ops and other fun stuff. The VIP tickets are sold out but there are still a few options left if you want to take part, including autographs and a stage show.

To find out more about the weekend, and purchase tickets, head to startrektour.com.

Star Trek at Comic-Con@Home - Friday, July 23rd - Sunday, July 25th

Then, it’s the BIG one! The virtual version of San Diego Comic Con is on this weekend, called Comic-Con@Home. The Star Trek Universe kicks things off with a big back-to-back pair of panels featuring Star Trek: Prodigy and Star Trek: Lower Decks. Expect previews and teasers, and getting to know the cast.

Plus, it’s possible that we’ll finally get a premiere date for Star Trek: Prodigy, since it was already announced as coming to Paramount+ in 2021, which is, let’s be honest, marching on a bit.

Anyway, that back-to-back panel starts at 10am PT on the Comic-Con@Home YouTube channel, where you’ll also be able to watch it back later, if you miss it on the day.

Those official panels aren’t the only Star Trek content at Comic-Con@Home though, you might also want to check out these others with a Trek or Trek-adjacent theme:

• Rhapsody PR’s 13th Annual Behind-the-Music panel features Star Trek: Discovery composer Jeff Russo, on Friday at 11am PT

• Anthony Rapp is hosting a panel called Exploring our Origins with NASA, on Friday at 5pm PT

• Dr. Trek himself, Larry Nemecek is hosting a panel at 6pm PT on Friday, called Beyond Star Trek: Menagerie and The Expanse: Space Law Sci-Fi vs. Sci-Fact

• Also at 6pm PT Friday, Star Trek writer Lisa Klink is sitting on a panel called Hollyweird Science: Sometimes You Just Gotta Break It

• Moving on to Saturday, and the Inglorious Treksperts are talking Boldly Going: 55 Years of Star Trek at 1pm PT

• And then on Sunday, Discovery writing pair Bo Yeon Kim and Erika Lippoldt are sitting on a panel called Writing for TV: From First Draft to Getting Staffed, and that’s at 3pm PT

LeVar Burton on Jeopardy! - Monday, July 26th - Friday, July 30th

And last, but VERY much not least, next week is the week that some of us have been waiting for, for what seems like half our lives. LeVar Burton is guest-hosting Jeopardy!

Tune in Monday through Friday and show him your support. To find out how and when to watch, head to jeopardy.com/watch.

The regular stuff

• These are the Twitter watchalongs:

  • #allstartrek runs Sunday through Friday at 8/7C and follows the Heroes and Icons Channel’s All Star Trek programme.

  • #TOSSatNight starts at 9pm PT on Saturday night and follows a different episode of The Original Series every week, and

  • #StarTrekHour is a Q&A-format event, every Tuesday at 1pm PT.

• Then there’s Star Trek: Watch Party, hosted daily and coordinated on Facebook. Every evening, they use the Teleparty browser extension to watch Star Trek together. To find out more, head over to Star Trek: Watch Party on Facebook.

• And finally, there’s Sid City Social Club, hosted by Star Trek: Deep Space Nine star Alexander Siddig’s official fan website. They meet twice-monthly on the first Tuesday and third Friday of every month, with occasional pop-up meetings with Sid as his schedule allows. For more details, and how you can join in, visit sidcity.net.

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Events compiled by Marina Kravchuk